One On One

There are 2 bands called One on One 1) Influenced by bands such as Pantera, Slayer and Down, one would expect a great dose of quality metal from One On One, a Delft-based groove/thrash metal band. Now, Delft (situated in the Netherlands) is not necessarily known for its metalscene and therefore this band can be seen as quite a surprise. It's obvious that this band doesn't play the mainstream stuff. I mean, it'll all sounds quite familiar to you but still kind of original.

1) Influenced by bands such as Pantera, Slayer and Down, one would expect a great dose of quality metal from One On One, a Delft-based groove/thrash metal band. Now, Delft (situated in the Netherlands) is not necessarily known for its metalscene and therefore this band can be seen as quite a surprise.

It's obvious that this band doesn't play the mainstream stuff. I mean, it'll all sounds quite familiar to you but still kind of original. The music grooves like hell and the overall mix has quite some quality! I mean, for such a new and unknown band, One On One did a great job on the new Take Them On CD.

There's room for some nice guitar solos and the vocals absolutely sound convincing to me. They're a little high, think heavy metal style, yet they have a great raw edge to them. So for that matter, I definitely gotta give ex-vocalist Lenno Visser my compliments. Though the songs sound convincing, I would have liked to hear a little more diversity between them. I mean, when you play this live without a perfect sound, the songs might become a little too much alike.

As you just read, Lenno Visser is no longer in the band. And as much as I was surprised by this band, the vocals definitely contributed to that fact. I therefore wonder whether One On One can pull it off on their next effort as well with new band member Alex Wijnhorst. Hopefully for them he's as convincing ? or even better ? as Visser, or else this band will probably fail miserably after a good start. The pressure is on Wijnhorst, ?cause musically this band is more than alright!

Line Up:
Ruben Franzen ? Guitar
Sander Kooman ? Guitar
Jaap Relou ? Drums
Rob Haaring ? Bass
Lenno Visser ? Vocals (on this EP)
Alex Wijnhorst ? Vocals (new member)



2) One On One is a Hardcore band from Agoura Hills, California. Although they have serious lyrics the band itself isn't meant to be taken seriously. They only played one show and no one seemed to like it. They released a two song demo in 2005 that actually got a good response. One On One had members of Rectal Junkies and Any Day Now, two bands that are very successful in the local scene.